Door-hanger



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' G. H. BURROWS.

DOOR HANGER,

No. 305,996. Patented Sept. 30, 1884.

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GEORGE HENRY BUBROWVS, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND CHARLESH. DUNHAM, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,996, datedSeptember 30, 1884-.

Application filed December 20, 1883. (Model) To, all whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BURROWS, of Somerville, in'the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Reference is to-be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, part being broken away.Fig. 2 is a plan view of a part of the same, part being broken away.Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a part of the same, taken through theline 00 a. Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the adjustment ofdoor-hangers.

The invention consists in a door-hanger constructed with a traveling barmade with a longitudinal slot to receive the wheel, and long rabbets inits lower side to receive and travel upon the journals of the saidwheel. The hanger-supports are made with horizontal in-Wardly-projecting upper arms having crossgrooves, and the traveling baris made with prongs upon its ends to receive the upper arms of thesupports, and with ribs upon the lower sides of the upper prongs toengage with the grooves of the supports and adapt the said traveling barto be adjusted laterally. To the top bar of the doorway is attached aT-rail, upon the flanges of which rest and roll the flanges of thegrooved wheels that carry the traveling bars, as will be hereinafterfully described.

I will describe my improvement'as applied to candoors, but do not limitmyself to that application, as it can be used with advantage uponbarn-doors, yard-doors, gates, and in other places.

A represents the door-posts; B, the doorsill, and O the top bar of adoorway.

D is the door, to the other side of the top bar of which are secured thebases of one or more pairs of hanger-supports, E, as the size and weightof the door D may require. The

bases of the supports E are made wide, or are branched, to give them awide bearing against the door. j

The supports E project upward above the top of the door D to a suitableheight, and are then bent inward at right angles, as shown in Fig. 3.The upper arms of the supports E are made thin, are flat and smooth uponboth upper and lower sides, and have a number of cross-grooves, F,formed in their upper sides, as shown in Fig. 3.

Each pair of supports E is provided with a traveling bar, G, each end ofwhich is made with three prongs, arranged in such positions that theside prongs, G, will pass beneath and the center prong, G above theupper arm of the support E.

Upon the lower sides of the center prongs of the traveling bar G areformed ribs H, corresponding with the grooves F of the supports E, sothat the said traveling bar G can be ad j usted laterally upon the saidsupports, to adapt the hangers to be applied to thinner and thickerdoors, and to allow the doors to be set out from their seats to formopenings between the said doors and seats for the passage'of air toventilate the car.

The traveling bars G are slotted longitudinally to receive the upperparts of the wheels or rollers I, and in the lower sides of the saidbars are formed long rabbets or recesses J, to receive the journals K ofthe said wheels I,

I the shoulders L at the ends of the rabbets J serving as stops to limitthe movement or travel of the said bars upon the said journals.

The faces of the wheels I are grooved to re-,

ceive the rib of the T-rail M, attached to the upper side of the bar orplate 0, the said groove being made of such a depth that the flanges ofthe wheels I will roll upon the flanges of the said rail.

The ratio between the circumferences of the wheel I and the journals Kis designedto be such that the movement of the wheel I in opening orclosing the door will cause the bar G to travel upon the journals K thelength of the rabbets J, so that there will be no sliding friction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a door-hanger, the combination, with suitablesupports, of a wheel supporting and connecting bar. laterally adjustableon said supports, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination, with the horizontal inwardlyprojecting upper the supports E, of the traveling-bar G, laterarms ofthe supports E, having grooves F, of ally adjustable on said supports,and provided the traveling bar G, having prongs upon its with alongitudinal slot to receive the wheels, ends to receive the upper armsof the said and long recesses J in its lower side to receive 15 5supports, and provided with ribs upon the and travel upon the journalsofthe saidwheels, lower side of the upper prongs to engage withsubstantially as herein shown and described. the grooves of the saidsupports, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby theGEORGE HENRY BURROWS' said traveling bar can be adjusted laterally\Vitnesses: 10 upon the said supports, as set forth. CALVIN 1?. SAMPsoN,

3. In a door-hanger, the combination, with ARTHUR A. COUGHLIN.

